Nostalgia

This is a six-part series covering halcyon days for Swindon Town. We began in the 1968-69 season. Swindon Town were...

The 1968-69 season was the best Swindon Town supporters had ever known. Their first ever trip to Wembley saw them...

Roy Hodgson announced at the end of the 2020-21 season that he will be parting ways with Crystal Palace after...

The summer of 1992. I have to admit, my memory of this time is far hazier than of the summer...

Towards the end of the 1980s, Ireland qualified for the European Championship and World Cup finals for the first time...

The moment You own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot, do not miss your...

The fortunes of Yugoslavia as a nation politically and in footballing terms could hardly have been in wider contrast in...

Twenty-three years. Twenty-three years looking from the outside in, faces pressed against the TV watching the rest of the Home...

The World Cup in Mexico ’86 is generally regarded as Maradona’s tournament. It’s arguable whether Argentina would’ve even made the...

This series is a look back at Swindon Town’s glory days. We started during the 1968-69 season. Swindon are in...

This is part two of the glory days of Swindon Town. Three extraordinary seasons where they hit heights never seen...

This was originally written by Peter Rancati for Tale of Two Halves Football has a strange relationship with unusual hairstyles....

When you think of success for Swindon Town, the names of Glenn Hoddle, John Gorman and Jan Aage Fjortoft probably...

So, finally, we come to the end of our ‘Back to The Eighties’ series in which we have looked at...

This article was originally written by Paul Chaloner on Tale of Two Halves in 2018. With the World Cup around...

Once every season, the Football Pink Podcast pauses to reflect on footballing greatness. In this episode, host Roddy Cairns and...

Our writers stretch far and wide and support clubs all the way up and all the way down the football...

After a short hiatus, our ‘Back to the Eighties' series returns with a look at 1988 - a year which...

Post-1945, football was still reeling from the effects of the Second World War. For many countries, they were still in...

Premonitions about teenage prodigies in football can throw up wildly varying degrees of accuracy. While some golden boys indeed go...

Those of us that enjoy a game of football have probably all played 5 or 6-a-side indoors at the local...

In the first part we covered the qualification and group stages for this World Cup. It was the first tournament...

This piece was originally published by @RodneyMcCain on Tale of Two Halves It was immensely sad news to wake up...

By Rob Francis The sixteenth of May 1987 was a blazing hot day. My grandparents, who lived in Coventry, were...

For many, the 1954 World Cup is seen as one of the greatest ever. It was the first one to...

Sunderland AFC. A name not synonymous with footballing glory in the modern era. Ask most football fans what springs to...

This piece was originally published by @ballyhoo9 on Tale of Two Halves The background It wasn’t my first Everton match....

Let me take you back in time, May 1982 to be precise. It was a somewhat tumultuous time in the...

So, our ‘Back to the Eighties’ series continues to hop, skip and jump along like Jonathon Edwards after a particularly-caffeine...

In late 1945 George Orwell was in turmoil. The Second World War was over, scenes of VE Day celebrations were...

The last two instalments of our three-part series on Paul Gascoigne have seen us concentrate mainly on his club career....

The role of midfielder is certainly the position on the football pitch that offers the most variety. It encompasses tough...

Before reading this; you may want to throw out any existing stereotypes of Italian football that you may have buried...

This piece was originally published by @Rowan_SN96 on Tale of Two Halves Longevity in football is as impressive as it...

Almost twenty years after he last kicked a competitive ball in English football, Paul Gascoigne remains one of the nation’s...

The midfielder of Mauthausen built a legacy to last forever. Whilst fascism reared its ugly head throughout the entirety of...

By Gerry Johnston It's fair to say that Zvonmir Boban made an impact on the game of football. Most will...

The game has witnessed some of the best football writers over the years; Reg Drury, Brian Woolnough, John Sadler amongst...

1983 is a year that seems to be lost to the time grains of sand in as much that it...

Wolverhampton Wanderers are one of the great old names of English football, and one that is generally associated with the...

Following a managerial legend is never easy. Just ask David Moyes, Wilf McGuiness, Graeme Souness, Colin Harvey, Bobby Ferguson, Graham...

By Rob Doolan “To give Gérard and his team a real chance, I have to walk away.” With those words...

The year is 1981 and it’s the latest in our look-back series. Forty years on and memories and recollections of...

When you think of many of the most iconic moments in football, it often isn't just the images that play...

In 2000, the ‘old’ Wembley was closed and, eventually, demolished. Since reopening in 2007, all FA Cup Semi-Finals have been...

Goalkeepers are often one of the most under-appreciated, and most heavily criticised players on a football pitch. When they play...

As the quasi-famous and somewhat tedious football chant goes, “There’s only one (insert player of choice)”. But is there? The...

16th August 2008. Bolton Wanderers 3 Stoke City 1. It was Stoke's first top-flight fixture in 23 years, and it...

In a generic fixture in 1997, Des Linton leapt into the air when an opposition player made a dangerous challenge....

Eric Cantona. Manchester United legend. Possibly, the first cult hero of the Premier League. The ultimate maverick, adored by the...